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Anyone else feel like humanity has too much apathy? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 16 hours ago by [email protected] to c/asklemmy

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Anyone else feel like the reason why humanity doesn’t bother to fix important issues for a long time is because the people simply don’t care enough to group up and fix them. I mean when I try to educate folks on complex problems they often seem like they don’t want to discuss it and quickly defend the status quo saying “that’s just how things are”

But we can’t keep ignoring these issues because then it could delay necessary progress for thousands of years.

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[–] Noodle07 17 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

Apathy is a coping mechanism

[–] Valmond 8 points 14 hours ago

And a surviving mechanism ; don't do anything (use up energy) if you don't need it like now.

Our brains are made for fruit picking and running in the jungle.

[–] moistclump 4 points 12 hours ago

I’m. Tired. I wish I wasn’t.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

It certainly has become one for me at any rate..

I used to care a lot about everything, and now I’m just so so tired of trying. Apathy feels like a poplar grove; just keeps growing, spreading, and outcompeting everything else until it takes over and ruins everything, because it takes an absolute ton of energy control spread.